Corn-shock carrier.



N. W. LYON'.

Y CORN SHOCK CARRIER.

APiLIoATIoN FILED 11:15.13. 1909.

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N. W. LYON.'

CORN SHOCK CARRIER.

APPLIoATloN FILED mala. 1909.

Patented N0v.22, 1910.

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Nnvroiv W. LYON, or BRIGHTON, IOWA..

CORN-SHOCK CARRIER.

To all whom it may concern:

lle it known that l, NEWTON lV. LYON, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Brighton, in the county of Washington and State of Iowa,have invented an Improved Corn-Shock Carrier, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in shock carriers, more especiallythat shown and described in Patent No. 7 08,377 granted to ine Sept. 2,1902.

rlthe principal object of the invention is to provide a simple,inexpensive and eflicient shock carrier, equipped with mechanism forutilizing the tractive force, by which the carrier is hauled over thefield, to tighten a binder rope or chain, which encircles the shock,whereby the latter is securely held on the carrier and at the same timecomA pressed in compact form.

l,Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanyingI drawings, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

ln the drawings 2-Figure 1 is a plan view of a shock carrier,constructed in accordance with this invention. ltig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the shockcarrier arranged in an upright position, a portion of the shock beingindicated by dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the winding shaft.Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of the shoclr carrier,illustrating` another embodiment of the invention. Fig. 6 is a plan viewof the same, the device being arranged in an upright position, asillustrated in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a plan view, the device being arrangedin a horizontal position.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1-1 designate rearwardly diverging side bars or sills, connected at thefront portion bv cross bars 2 and 3 and at the rear portion by crossbars 4 and 5. The front cross bars 2 and 3 are secured to the lowerfaces of the side bars 1 and are mounted upon a centrally arrangedrunner 6, which supports the front Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 13, 1909.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

serial no. 477,806.

portion of the frame of the shock carrier. The cross bars 2 and 3 arearranged in spaced relation and are secured to the upper edge of therunner near the ends thereoi. rlhe cross bars 4 and 5, which are ofgreater width than the front cross bars 2 and 3, are secured to theupper faces of the side bars 1 in spaced relation. The rear portions ofthe side bars are mounted upon a transverse axle 7, ournaled in suitablebearings of the side bars or sills and supporting the rear portion ofthe shock carrier. The axle is equipped at its ends with suitable wheels3, which are located farther forward than the runners in the aforesaidpatent. By this arrangement, the wheels are better adapted for use as afulerum in tilting the frame of the carrier upwardly and rearwardlyeither to arrange it against a shock, as hereinafter more fullydescribed, or to facilitate the discharge of a shock in an uprightposition. The wheels 8 are located at the space between the bars 4 and 5and are arranged in advance of the terminals of the rear bar 5.

The frame is equipped at its rear portion with a shock-receivingplatform composed of parallel side bars or boards 9 and transverse barsor boards 10 and 11. The side bars or boards 9 are mounted upon thecross bars 4 and 5, and have tapered or beveled rear terminals 12. Theyare located at the inner sides of the wheels and forni guards forpreventing the shock from coming in contact with the same. The bars 10and 11, which are arranged horizontally, are secured to the upper edgesof the side boards Qin spaced relation, as clearly illustrated in Figs.1 and 2 of the drawings. The shockreceiving platform is provided withprojecting shock impaling rods or pins 13, projecting from the upperface of the platform bar 11. The shock impaling rods or pins 13, whichhave pointed upper terminals, pierce the platform bar 1l and are securedat their lower ends to the cross bar 4 ofthe frame of the shock carrier.

ln loading a shock of corn, or other material upon the shock carrier,the latter is placed in an upright position against the shock, asillustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, with the projecting portions ofthe rods or pins embedded in the shock. The shock is then bound to thecarrier by flexible `binding elements 14, consisting of ropes,

chains or the like. The flexible binding elements, which have their freeor outer terminals 15 tied, or otherwise united, extend through thespace 16 between the platform boards 10 and 11, and are wound aroundreduced end portions 17 of a winding shaft 18, which is also providedwith a central enlarged portion 19 for the reception of a flexibletraction element, consisting of a cable or rope 20, having its rearportion wound around the enlarged portion of the winding shaft in adirection the reverse of that of the binding elements, whereby when thetraction rope is pulled upon, it will unwind from and rotate the shaft18 in a direction, which will wind the binding ropes around the reducedend portions of the shaft. rFhis will result in compressing and bindingthe shock tightly to the shock carrier. The binding ropes may bedetachably connected to the winding shaft in any suitable manner, and itwill be apparent that the larger the diameter of the central portion ofthe shaft is made without changing the size of the end portions, thegreater will be the force of the traction rope in operating the bindingropes. When the shock carrier frame is arranged in an upright positionagainst a shock, the traction rope extends outwardly from the windingshaft at right angles to the frame in an approximately horizontalposition. Vhen the resistance of the shock to further compression in anupright position becomes sufiicient, the shock and shock carrier will bepulled forwardly and downwardly to a hori- Zontal position, and theshock will be further compressed until the resistance of the materialbecomes equal to the tractive force of the shock carrier, or the forcenecessary Y to draw the carrier along.

In order to prevent the binding ropes from becoming loose when thetraction rope is slackened, the winding shaft is provided with a ratchetVwheel 21, which is engaged by a pawl 22, pivoted at an intermediatelpoint to the adjacent side board 9 of the platform, and adapted to lockthe winding shaft against retrograde rotation. The pawl is located inadvance of the ratchet wheel, and its front portion forms a handle bymeans of which it may be readily manipulated.

The traction rope extends forwardly from the winding shaft along oneside of the runner G, and through either one of a pair of guides 23,constructed of metal and secured to the runner at opposite sidesthereof. The guides are approximately L-shaped and are curved forwardlyand upwardly, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The tractionrope may be readily engaged with and disengaged from the guides bylifting it over the upper end of the upwa'iily projecting port-ion ofthe adjacent gui e. enables the traction rope to be disconnected fromthe front of the frame to permit the The guide, which is open at thetop,-

latter to be placed in an upright position against a shock and to enablethe traction rope to extend horizontally from the winding shaft forpulling the shock over upon the carrier. As soon as the shock carrierand the shock fall over upon the ground, the traction rope is engagedwith the nearer one of the guides and is then ready for hauling theshock carrier over the field.

The binding ropes are adapted to be wound around the end portions of theshaft between the central enlarged portion and a pair'of. blocks 24,secured to the upper faces of the platform boards 10 and 11 and arrangedadjacent to the ends thereof and adapted to prevent the binding ropefrom coiling too close to the side boards or guards 9.

In Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive is illustrated an embodiment of the invention,designed solely for binding or compressing shocks of corn, or othermaterial in order that they may be pulled over upon a hay slide 01 lowvehicle to be transferred by such means to the desired point. This formof invention embodies a frame 25, a winding shaft 26, having bindingelements 27 and a traction or operating element 28, similar to thebinding and traction ropes heretofore described. The frame, which isprovided with a platform, connecting bar 30, and upper platform bars orboards 31 and 32, spaced apart to provide a passage for the bindingropes, which are prevented from coiling too close to the side 25 of theframe by blocks 33, spanning the space 34 between the platform boardsand secured to the same adjacent to the sides 29. The frame 25, which isadapted to be arranged in an upright position, as illustrated in Figs. 5and 6 to place it against a shock, is equipped with impaling pins orrods 35, and it is operated in the manner heretofore described, thebinding ropes being secured around the shock and the traction oroperating rope being pulled outward to compress the material of theshock and draw the same over upon the ground, hay slide or low vehicle.

The shock may be retained in its contracted condition after the bindingropes 14 or 27 have been removed. This 1s e'ectcd by placing the ropeacross the platform when the same is turned up against the shock, andafter the latter has been compressed as far as possible the supplementalbinding rope is secured around the shock next to the binding ropes,which will then be bound at two points, thereby enabling the shock to bemore readily handled by a horse hay fork or otherwise than when simplytied at the top. When the shock is tied at both the top and bottom, itforms a bundle easy to handle.4

By means of the present invention a is composed of side boards 29, alower shock may be bound in less time and in more compact form than ispossible by the use of the hand lever and ratchet of the aforesaidpatent, as such mechanism is unavoidably slow in rotating the windingshaft. rl"he height at which the shocks are bound depends on thedistance the winding shaft is arranged from the rear ends of the sills 1or the side boards 29. or more shocks together at the top they willstand more securely.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A shock handling device comprising a movable shock carrying frameadapted to be arranged either in an upright or a horizontal position andhaving a platform, a winding shaft located beneath the platform andarranged at appoint intermediate of the ends of the frame, binding ropesconnected with the winding shaft and extending upwardly from theplatform, and a traction rope extending downwardly from the windingshaft and forwardly beneath the frame to the front portion thereof,whereby it is adapted to extend from the front of the frame when thelatter is in a horizontal position and from a point intermediate of theends of the frame and approximately at right angies thereto when theframe is in an upright position, said binding and traction ropes beingwound on the shaft in opposite directions.

:2. it shock handling device comprising a movable shock carrying frame,a winding shaft arranged at a point intermediate of the ends of theframe, binding and traction ropes attached to the shaft and woundthereon in opposite directions, whereby when traction is applied to haulthe shock carrying frame the binding ropes will be wound around theshaft and tightened, and means for detachably connecting the tractionrope with the front of the frame, so that the traction rope may bedisconnected from the front of the frame to permit the latter to bearranged in an upright position against a shock while the traction ropeextends from the shaft approximately at right angles to the frame.

3. A shock handling device comprising a movable shock carrying frame, awinding shaft arranged at a point intermediate of the ends of the frame,binding and traction ropes attached to the shaft and wound thereon inopposite directions, whereby when traction is applied to haul the shockcarrying frame the binding' ropes will be wound around the shaft andtightened, and a guide arranged at the front of the frame and receivingthe traction rope, said guide being open at the top and permitting thetraction rope to be detached when the frame is arranged in an uprightposition and to extend By tying two from the winding shaft approximatelyat right angles to the frame.

d. A shock carrying device comprising a frame, a platform, side boardssupporting the `platform in an elevated position and forming guards fora shock, a winding shaft mounted between the side boards and arrangedbeneath the platform, and traction and binding ropes attached to theshaft and wound thereon in opposite directions, the traction rope beingextended forwardly bcneath the frame and adapted to extend directly fromthe winding shaft approximately at right angles to the frame when thelatter is in an upright position.

5. A shock handling device comprising a frame having a platform andprovided at the front with a centrally arranged runner, a winding shaftarranged beneath the platform in rear of the runner, traction andbinding ropes attached to the shaft and adapted to be wound thereon inopposite directions, whereby when traction is applied the binding ropeswill be wound around the shaft and tightened, and guides located atopposite sides of the said runner and arranged to detachably receive thetraction rope.

6. A shock handling device comprising a frame provided at the front witha centrally arranged runner, a winding shaftarranged beneath the framein rear of the runner, traction and binding ropes attached to the shaftand adapted to be wound thereon in opposite directions, whereby whentraction is applied the binding ropes will be wound around the shaft andtightened, and approximately L-shaped guides secured to the runner andopen at the top to detachably receive the traction rope.

7. A shock handling device comprising a frame, a platform, side boardssupporting the platform in an elevated position and forming guides for ashock, a winding shaft mounted in said side boards, traction and bindingropes or cables attached to the shaft and wound thereon in oppositedirec-tions, the binding ropes or cables being adapted to extend aroundt-he opposite sides of the shock and the traction rope or cableextending forwardly substantially at right angles to the frame intilting the shock, a ratchet wheel connected with the winding shaft, anda locking pawl for engaging the ratchet wheel.

8. A shock handling device comprising a movable shock carrying framehaving a platform, an axle carrying the frame and arranged at a pointbetween the ends thereof, carrying wheels arranged on the axle, saidwheels and axle permitting the frame to be tilted and arranged either inan upright or a horizontal position, a winding shaft located beneath theplatform and arranged at a point between the ends thereof, binding isoropes connected with the winding shaft and thereto when the frame is inan upright po- 10 stion, said traction and binding ropes being wound onthe shaft in opposite directions, and means for locking the shaft.

NEWTON W. LYON.

Witnesses:

W. A. WILLIAMS, J. F. GILL.

